We have been holding a series of events called “Find-Your-Role-Model” Session to provide students with opportunities to interact with TMDU alumni and worldwide leaders in health sciences. Through this roundtable-type, relaxed atmosphere event, we hope students will be able to find their role models in order to facilitate their career development in becoming future global leaders.

We will host Dr. Kana Noshiro-Miyata, Assistant Professor of Medicine for the Division of Nephrology at Saint Louis University. After graduating from the medical faculty of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Dr. Miyata continued her training in nephrology in Japan, eventually completing her internship at the US Naval Hospital in Okinawa. From there, she moved to the US and completed a residency at the Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in New York and a fellowship in nephrology at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in California. In recent years, she was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Laboratory of Molecular Nephrology and Endocrinology, at the University of Montreal. Currently, she works in St. Louis and continues her practice of nephrology and internal medicine, playing an active role in the fields of clinical medicine, education and research. As a professional who has successfully balanced clinical medicine and research, we are looking forward to hearing Dr. Miyata’s views on “the career of a female doctor” and “practicing clinical medicine overseas.”

This session will be carried out in a round-table discussion format, and will cover the following points. Everyone is welcome to join us in a hearty discussion.

Topics

• Personal Background: Motivations behind aspiration to become a doctor, why she chose academia, why she decided to work abroad, her vision for the future
• Training in Japan and overseas: Difference between training in Japan and overseas, merits and demerits
• Advice for female doctors: Difference in the career building environment between Japan and overseas, strengths as a female doctor, how to balance work and family
• Advice for students: What to do during your student years in preparation for studying clinical medicine abroad, why you should study abroad, advice for students (especially females) thinking of working abroad